Rutland City School District

The Rutland City School District in Vermont consists of 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The district's schools display a mix of academic performance, with Rutland Senior High School standing out as the top performer, while the middle and elementary schools face challenges in meeting statewide averages.

Rutland Senior High School is the district's standout, ranking 20th out of 47 Vermont high schools and earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school outperforms the state average in science proficiency and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.4, which may contribute to its higher academic performance. In contrast, Rutland Middle School, despite being ranked 75th out of 85 Vermont middle schools, has shown improvement, moving up from a 0-star rating to a 1-star rating in the past two years, potentially due to its very low student-teacher ratio of 11.2.

The district as a whole faces challenges, with the schools generally performing below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. Rutland Intermediate School stands out with particularly low proficiency rates, with only 12.39% of 5th graders proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 36%. The high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, ranging from 53.36% at Rutland Senior High School to 77.34% at Northwest Primary School, suggest that socioeconomic factors may be playing a significant role in the academic performance of the district's schools.